Selecting a second content based on a user&#39;s reaction to a first content

ABSTRACT

Embodiments include a device, a system, a computer program product, and a method. A system embodiment includes: a display surface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by a person; a sensor apparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a first electronic content displayed on the surface; an analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression by the person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content—the determination based on the data indicative of a response; a characterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of the displayed first electronic content; a query circuit operable to cause a search for a second electronic content corresponding to the indication of expression and to the attribute of the first electronic content; and a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from a result of the search.

SUMMARY

An embodiment provides method implemented in an environment thatincludes a person viewing content displayed by an electronic device. Themethod includes detecting a reaction by the person to a displayed firstcontent. The method also includes determining a content attribute of thedisplayed first content. The method further includes facilitating asearch for a second content based on the detected reaction and on thedetermined content attribute. The method includes displaying the secondcontent in a manner perceivable by the person. The method may includedisplaying the first content in a manner perceivable by the person. Themethod may include selecting the second content from a result of thefacilitated search. The method may further include maintaininginformational data corresponding to the second content. In addition tothe foregoing, other method embodiments are described in the claims,drawings, and text that form a part of the present application.

Another embodiment provides a system. The system includes a displaysurface operable to display electronic content in a manner perceivableby a person. The system also includes a sensor apparatus operable toacquire data indicative of a response by the person to a firstelectronic content displayed on the surface. The system further includesan analytic circuit operable determine an indication of an expression bythe person corresponding with the displayed first electronic content.The determination is based on the data indicative of a response. Thesystem also includes a characterization circuit operable to determine anattribute of the displayed first electronic content. The system includesa query circuit operable to cause a search for a second electroniccontent corresponding to the indication of expression and to theattribute of the first electronic content. The system further includes achooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content from aresult of the search. The system may include a digital storage deviceoperable to save the selected second electronic content. The system mayinclude a broadcast circuit operable to facilitate a display of thefirst electronic content and the selected second electronic content. Thesystem may further include a receiver circuit operable to receive aresult of the initiated search. In addition to the foregoing, othersystem embodiments are described in the claims, drawings, and text thatform a part of the present application.

A further embodiment provides a computer program product. The computerprogram product includes a computer-readable computer storage mediumbearing the program instructions. The computer program product alsoincludes the program instructions which are operable to perform aprocess in a computing device. The process includes detect a reaction bya person to a displayed first content. The process also includesdetermine a content attribute of the displayed first content. Theprocess further includes facilitate a search for a second content basedon the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute. Theprocess also includes select the second content from a result of thefacilitated search. The process further includes save data indicative ofthe selected second content. In addition to the foregoing, othercomputer program embodiments are described in the claims, drawings, andtext that form a part of the present application.

An embodiment provides an electronic device. The electronic deviceincludes means for detecting a reaction by a person to a displayed firstcontent. The electronic device also includes means for determining acontent attribute of the displayed first content. The electronic devicefurther includes means for facilitating a search for a second contentbased on the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute.The electronic device also includes means for displaying the secondcontent in a manner perceivable by the person. In addition to theforegoing, other electronic device embodiments are described in theclaims, drawings, and text that form a part of the present application.

Another embodiment provides a method implemented in an environment thatincludes a person viewing content displayed by an electronic device. Themethod includes detecting a reaction by the person to a displayed firstcontent. The method also includes transmitting a search request for asecond content corresponding to the detected reaction and to anattribute of the displayed first content. The method further includesreceiving a response to the search request that includes at least anindication of the second content. The method also includes displayingthe second content. In an alternative embodiment, the method may includedetermining a content attribute of the displayed first content. Themethod may include selecting the second content from the response to thesearch request. In addition to the foregoing, other method embodimentsare described in the claims, drawings, and text that form a part of thepresent application.

A further embodiment provides an electronic device. The electronicdevice includes a display surface, a sensor apparatus, an analyticcircuit, a query circuit, and a receiver circuit. The display surface isoperable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by aperson. The sensor apparatus is operable to acquire data indicative of aresponse by the person to a first electronic content displayed on thesurface. The analytic circuit is operable to detect a reaction by theperson to a displayed first content in response to the acquired data.The query circuit is operable to transmit a search request for a secondelectronic content that corresponds to the detected reaction and to anattribute of the displayed first content. The receiver circuit isoperable to receive a response to the search request that includes atleast an indication of the second content. In an alternative embodiment,the electronic device may include a chooser circuit operable to selectthe second electronic content from the received response to the searchrequest. The electronic device may include a broadcast circuit operableto facilitate a display of the first electronic content and the secondelectronic content. The electronic device may include a receiver circuitoperable to receive a result of the initiated search. The electronicdevice may include a digital storage device operable to save thereceived response to the search request. In addition to the foregoing,other electronic device embodiments are described in the claims,drawings, and text that form a part of the present application.

An embodiment provides a computer program product. The computer programproduct includes a computer-readable computer storage medium bearingprogram instructions. The program instructions are operable to perform aprocess in a computing device. The process includes detect a reaction bya person to a displayed first content. The process also includestransmit a search request for a second content corresponding to thedetected reaction and to an attribute of the displayed first content.The process further includes receive a response to the search requestthat includes at least an indication of the second content. The processalso includes save data indicative of the received response to thesearch request. The process further includes display the second content.In addition to the foregoing, other computer program product embodimentsare described in the claims, drawings, and text that form a part of thepresent application.

Another embodiment provides a method. The method includes receiving froma requestor sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a firstcontent displayed to the person. The method also includes analyzing thereceived sensor data for an indication of an expression by the personcorresponding to the first content. The method further includesfacilitating a search for a second content using a search parametercorresponding to the indication of an expression by the person and to acontent attribute of the displayed first content. The method alsoincludes returning to the requester an indication of the second content.The method may include determining a content attribute of the displayedfirst content. In addition to the foregoing, other method embodimentsare described in the claims, drawings, and text that form a part of thepresent application.

A further embodiment provides an electronic device. The electronicdevice includes a processing circuit, a query circuit, a choosercircuit, and a storage device. The processing circuit is operable toanalyze received sensor data for an indication of an expression by aperson corresponding to a first displayed electronic content. The querycircuit is operable to cause a search for a second electronic contentbased on the indication of expression and on an attribute of thedisplayed first electronic content. The chooser circuit is operable toselect the second electronic content from a result of the search for asecond electronic content. The storage device is operable to save anindication of the selected second electronic content. The electronicdevice may include a characterization circuit operable to determine theattribute of the displayed first electronic content. The electronicdevice may include a transmitter circuit operable to send an indicationof the selected second electronic content addressed to the requestor.The electronic device may include a receiver circuit operable to receivefrom a requestor sensor data acquired from the person and indicative ofa response by the person to a display of a first electronic content. Inaddition to the foregoing, other device embodiments are described in theclaims, drawings, and text that form a part of the present application.

An embodiment provides a computer program product. The computer programproduct includes a computer-readable medium bearing programinstructions. The program instructions are operable to perform a processin a computing device. The process including receive sensor data from arequester indicative of a response by a person to a viewed firstcontent. The process also includes analyze the received sensor data foran indication of an expression by the person corresponding to the viewedfirst content. The process further includes facilitate a search of anindex for a second content using a search parameter corresponding to theindicated expression and to a content attribute of the viewed firstcontent. The process also includes return to the requestor an indicationof the second content. The computer-readable medium may include acomputer storage medium. In addition to the foregoing, other computerprogram embodiments are described in the claims, drawings, and text thatform a part of the present application.

Another embodiment provides an electronic device. The electronic deviceincludes means for receiving data from a requester indicative of asensed response by a person to a first content displayed to the person.The electronic device also includes means for analyzing the receiveddata for an indication of an expression by the person corresponding tothe first content. The electronic device further includes means forfacilitating a search for a second content using a search parametercorresponding to the indication of an expression by the person and to acontent attribute of the displayed first content. The electronic devicealso includes means for returning to the requestor an indication of thesecond content.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be inany way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments,and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and featureswill become apparent by reference to the drawings and the followingdetailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a thin computing device inwhich embodiments may be implemented;

FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a general-purposecomputing system in which embodiments may be implemented;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary system in which embodiments may beimplemented;

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of an operational flow implemented in anenvironment that includes a person interacting with an electronic deviceusing a user direct-input device;

FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the operational flow ofFIG. 4;

FIG. 6 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 illustrates a further alternative embodiment of the operationalflow of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the operational flow ofFIG. 4;

FIG. 9 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow of FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 illustrates an example environment;

FIG. 11 illustrates an example computer program product;

FIG. 12 illustrates an example environment that includes an electronicdevice;

FIG. 13 illustrates an example operational flow implemented in anenvironment that includes a person viewing content displayed by anelectronic device;

FIG. 14 illustrates an example computer program product;

FIG. 15 illustrates an example environment in which embodiments may beimplemented;

FIG. 16 illustrates an example operational flow;

FIG. 17 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 illustrates an example system;

FIG. 19 illustrates an example computer program product; and

FIG. 20 illustrates an example system that includes an electronicdevice.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings,similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless contextdictates otherwise. The illustrated embodiments described in thedetailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting.Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made,without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matterpresented here.

FIG. 1 and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief,general description of an environment in which embodiments may beimplemented. FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system that includes a thincomputing device 20, which may be included in an electronic device thatalso includes a device functional element 50. For example, theelectronic device may include any item having electrical and/orelectronic components playing a role in a functionality of the item,such as a limited resource computing device, a wireless communicationdevice, a mobile wireless communication device, an electronic pen, ahandheld electronic writing device, a digital camera, a scanner, anultrasound device, an x-ray machine, a non-invasive imaging device, acell phone, a printer, a refrigerator, a car, and an airplane. The thincomputing device 20 includes a processing unit 21, a system memory 22,and a system bus 23 that couples various system components including thesystem memory 22 to the processing unit 21. The system bus 23 may be anyof several types of bus structures including a memory bus or memorycontroller, a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety ofbus architectures. The system memory includes read-only memory (ROM) 24and random access memory (RAM) 25. A basic input/output system (BIOS)26, containing the basic routines that help to transfer informationbetween sub-components within the thin computing device 20, such asduring start-up, is stored in the ROM 24. A number of program modulesmay be stored in the ROM 24 and/or RAM 25, including an operating system28, one or more application programs 29, other program modules 30 andprogram data 31.

A user may enter commands and information into the computing device 20through input devices, such as a number of switches and buttons,illustrated as hardware buttons 44, connected to the system via asuitable interface 45. Input devices may further include atouch-sensitive display screen 32 with suitable input detectioncircuitry 33. The output circuitry of the touch-sensitive display 32 isconnected to the system bus 23 via a video driver 37. Other inputdevices may include a microphone 34 connected through a suitable audiointerface 35, and a physical hardware keyboard (not shown). In additionto the display 32, the computing device 20 may include other peripheraloutput devices, such as at least one speaker 38.

Other external input or output devices 39, such as a joystick, game pad,satellite dish, scanner or the like may be connected to the processingunit 21 through a USB port 40 and USB port interface 41, to the systembus 23. Alternatively, the other external input and output devices 39may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game portor other port. The computing device 20 may further include or be capableof connecting to a flash card memory (not shown) through an appropriateconnection port (not shown). The computing device 20 may further includeor be capable of connecting with a network through a network port 42 andnetwork interface 43, and through wireless port 46 and correspondingwireless interface 47 may be provided to facilitate communication withother peripheral devices, including other computers, printers, and so on(not shown). It will be appreciated that the various components andconnections shown are exemplary and other components and means ofestablishing communications links may be used.

The computing device 20 may be primarily designed to include a userinterface. The user interface may include a character, a key-based,and/or another user data input via the touch sensitive display 32. Theuser interface may include using a stylus (not shown). Moreover, theuser interface is not limited to an actual touch-sensitive panelarranged for directly receiving input, but may alternatively or inaddition respond to another input device such as the microphone 34. Forexample, spoken words may be received at the microphone 34 andrecognized. Alternatively, the computing device 20 may be designed toinclude a user interface having a physical keyboard (not shown).

The device functional elements 50 are typically application specific andrelated to a function of the electronic device, and is coupled with thesystem bus 23 through an interface (not shown). The functional elementsmay typically perform a single well-defined task with little or no userconfiguration or setup, such as a refrigerator keeping food cold, a cellphone connecting with an appropriate tower and transceiving voice ordata information, and a camera capturing and saving an image.

FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a general-purposecomputing system in which embodiments may be implemented, shown as acomputing system environment 100. Components of the computing systemenvironment 100 may include, but are not limited to, a computing device110 having a processing unit 120, a system memory 130, and a system bus121 that couples various system components including the system memoryto the processing unit 120. The system bus 121 may be any of severaltypes of bus structures including a memory bus or memory controller, aperipheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of busarchitectures. By way of example, and not limitation, such architecturesinclude Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro ChannelArchitecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, Video ElectronicsStandards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral ComponentInterconnect (PCI) bus, also known as Mezzanine bus.

The computing system environment 100 typically includes a variety ofcomputer-readable media products. Computer-readable media may includeany media that can be accessed by the computing device 110 and includeboth volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media.By way of example, and not of limitation, computer-readable media mayinclude computer storage media and communications media.

Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable andnon-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storageof information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures,program modules, or other data. Computer storage media includes, but isnot limited to, random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM),electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flashmemory, or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks(DVD), or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape,magnetic disk storage, or other magnetic storage devices, or any othermedium which can be used to store the desired information and which canbe accessed by the computing device 110. In a further embodiment, acomputer storage media may include a group of computer storage mediadevices. In another embodiment, a computer storage media may include aninformation store. In another embodiment, an information store mayinclude a quantum memory, a photonic quantum memory, and/or atomicquantum memory. Combinations of any of the above may also be includedwithin the scope of computer-readable media.

Communications media may typically embody computer-readableinstructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in amodulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transportmechanism and include any information delivery media. The term“modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of itscharacteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode informationin the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communicationsmedia include wired media, such as a wired network and a direct-wiredconnection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, optical, andinfrared media.

The system memory 130 includes computer storage media in the form ofvolatile and nonvolatile memory such as ROM 131 and RAM 132. A RAM mayinclude at least one of a DRAM, an EDO DRAM, a SDRAM, a RDRAM, a VRAM,and/or a DDR DRAM. A basic input/output system (BIOS) 133, containingthe basic routines that help to transfer information between elementswithin the computing device 110, such as during start-up, is typicallystored in ROM 131. RAM 132 typically contains data and program modulesthat are immediately accessible to or presently being operated on byprocessing unit 120. By way of example, and not limitation, FIG. 2illustrates an operating system 134, application programs 135, otherprogram modules 136, and program data 137. Often, the operating system134 offers services to applications programs 135 by way of one or moreapplication programming interfaces (APIs) (not shown). Because theoperating system 134 incorporates these services, developers ofapplications programs 135 need not redevelop code to use the services.Examples of APIs provided by operating systems such as Microsoft's“WINDOWS” are well known in the art.

The computing device 110 may also include other removable/non-removable,volatile/nonvolatile computer storage media products. By way of exampleonly, FIG. 2 illustrates a non-removable non-volatile memory interface(hard disk interface) 140 that reads from and writes for example tonon-removable, non-volatile magnetic media. FIG. 2 also illustrates aremovable non-volatile memory interface 150 that, for example, iscoupled to a magnetic disk drive 151 that reads from and writes to aremovable, non-volatile magnetic disk 152, and/or is coupled to anoptical disk drive 155 that reads from and writes to a removable,non-volatile optical disk 156, such as a CD ROM. Otherremovable/nonremovable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage mediathat can be used in the exemplary operating environment include, but arenot limited to, magnetic tape cassettes, memory cards, flash memorycards, DVDs, digital video tape, solid state RAM, and solid state ROM.The hard disk drive 141 is typically connected to the system bus 121through a non-removable memory interface, such as the interface 140, andmagnetic disk drive 151 and optical disk drive 155 are typicallyconnected to the system bus 121 by a removable non-volatile memoryinterface, such as interface 150.

The drives and their associated computer storage media discussed aboveand illustrated in FIG. 2 provide storage of computer-readableinstructions, data structures, program modules, and other data for thecomputing device 110. In FIG. 2, for example, hard disk drive 141 isillustrated as storing an operating system 144, application programs145, other program modules 146, and program data 147. Note that thesecomponents can either be the same as or different from the operatingsystem 134, application programs 135, other program modules 136, andprogram data 137. The operating system 144, application programs 145,other program modules 146, and program data 147 are given differentnumbers here to illustrate that, at a minimum, they are differentcopies. A user may enter commands and information into the computingdevice 110 through input devices such as a microphone 163, keyboard 162,and pointing device 161, commonly referred to as a mouse, trackball, ortouch pad. Other input devices (not shown) may include a joystick, gamepad, satellite dish, and scanner. These and other input devices areoften connected to the processing unit 120 through a user inputinterface 160 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected byother interface and bus structures, such as a parallel port, game port,or a universal serial bus (USB). A monitor 191 or other type of displaydevice is also connected to the system bus 121 via an interface, such asa video interface 190. In addition to the monitor, computers may alsoinclude other peripheral output devices such as speakers 197 and printer196, which may be connected through an output peripheral interface 195.

The computing system environment 100 may operate in a networkedenvironment using logical connections to one or more remote computers,such as a remote computer 180. The remote computer 180 may be a personalcomputer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device, or othercommon network node, and typically includes many or all of the elementsdescribed above relative to the computing device 110, although only amemory storage device 181 has been illustrated in FIG. 2. The networklogical connections depicted in FIG. 2 include a local area network(LAN) and a wide area network (WAN), and may also include other networkssuch as a personal area network (PAN) (not shown). Such networkingenvironments are commonplace in offices, enterprise-wide computernetworks, intranets, and the Internet.

When used in a networking environment, the computing system environment100 is connected to the network 171 through a network interface, such asthe network interface 170, the modem 172, and/or the wireless interface193. The network may include a LAN network environment, and/or a WANnetwork environment, such as the Internet. In a networked environment,program modules depicted relative to the computing device 110, orportions thereof, may be stored in a remote memory storage device. Byway of example, and not limitation, FIG. 2 illustrates remoteapplication programs 185 as residing on computer storage medium 181. Itwill be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary andother means of establishing communications link between the computersmay be used.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example environment 200 in which embodiments maybe implemented. The example environment includes an electronic device204, a response sensing apparatus 206, a transceiver circuit 207, a userdirect-input device 208, and a display surface 209. In some embodiments,one or more of the response sensing apparatus, the transceiver circuit,the user direct-input interface, and the display surface may bestructurally distinct from the remaining circuits or the electronicdevice. The response sensing apparatus includes at least one user sensoroperable to acquire data indicative of a response by a person 205 to acontent displayed by or on the display surface. The at least one usersensor is illustrated as a sensor 206A, a sensor 206B, and awearable/mountable sensor 206C. The at least one user sensor may bephysically incorporated with the electronic device, or may be physicallyseparate from the electronic device and electronically coupled with thedevice. The user direct-input device 208 includes at least one devicethat may be used by the person to directly interact with the electronicdevice, such as the mouse 161, keyboard 162, microphone 163, and/orspeakers 197 described in conjunction with FIG. 2, or a touch screen,such as the display 32 combined with the screen input detector 33described in conjunction with FIG. 1. The display surface may includeany surface suitable for displaying a content to the person. The displaysurface may include the monitor 191 described in conjunction with FIG.2, or a surface such as a wall or another planar surface (not shown)onto which a content may be projected for display to the person. Thedisplay surface may be physically incorporated with the electronicdevice, or may be physically separate from the electronic device andelectronically coupled with the device.

The electronic device 204 may include a wired or wireless access todigital content using the transceiver 207, such as via a network 299. Inan alternative embodiment, the electronic device may be coupled to thenetwork via a wireless link, a satellite link, and/or a wired link.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 204 includes a reaction detectorcircuit 210, an analytic circuit 250, a query circuit 260, and a displaycircuit 280. In some embodiments, one or more of the reaction detectorcircuit, the analytic determining circuit, the query circuit, and/or thedisplay circuit may be structurally distinct from the remainingcircuits. In an embodiment, the electronic device or a portion of theelectronic device may be implemented in whole or in part using the thincomputing device 20 described in conjunction with FIG. 1, and/or thecomputing device 110 described in conjunction with FIG. 2. In anotherembodiment, the electronic device or a portion of the electronic devicemay be implemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signalprocessors (DSPs), or other integrated formats. In a further embodiment,one or more of the circuits and/or the machine may be implemented inhardware, software, and/or firmware. The person 205 may input commandsand information to the electronic device 204 using the user direct-inputdevice 208.

The electronic device 204 may include at least one additional circuit.The at least one additional circuit may include additional circuits 290.In addition, the electronic device may include a processor (notillustrated), such as the processing unit 21 described in conjunctionwith FIG. 1, and/or the processor 120 described in conjunction with FIG.2. In further addition, the electronic device may include a computerstorage media illustrated as a data store. In an embodiment, theelectronic device 204 may include a mobile electronic device.

In an embodiment, the reaction detector circuit 210 may include at leastone additional circuit. The at least one additional circuit may includeat least one of a reaction circuit 212, reaction evaluation circuit 214,a gaze reaction circuit 216, a response sensor circuit 218, a physicalreaction circuit 222, an emotional reaction circuit 224, a direct sensorcircuit 226, a reaction state circuit 228, a content characteristiccircuit 232, and/or a device type detector circuit 236.

In another embodiment, the analytic circuit 250 may include at least oneadditional circuit. The at least one additional circuit may include atleast one of a multiple attribute determining circuit 252 and/or anattribute determining circuit.

In a further embodiment, the query circuit 260 may include at least oneadditional circuit. The at least one additional circuit may include atleast one of a local data store search circuit 262, a search enginefacilitating circuit 264, a mitigation instruction circuit 274, a Websearch facilitating circuit 266, an algorithm search facilitatingcircuit, and/or a multiple target search facilitating circuit 272.

FIG. 4 illustrates an example of an operational flow 400 implemented inan environment that includes a person interacting with an electronicdevice using a user direct-input device. In an alternative embodiment,the environment that includes a person interacting with an electronicdevice using a user direct-input device further includes environmentthat includes a person viewing content displayed by an electronic deviceand directly interacting with the electronic device using a userdirect-input device. FIG. 4 and several following figures may includevarious examples of operational flows, discussions, and explanationswith respect to the above-described environment 200 of FIG. 3, and/orwith respect to other examples and contexts. However, it should beunderstood that the operational flows may be executed in a number ofother environments and contexts, and/or in modified versions of FIG. 3.Also, although the various operational flows are illustrated in asequence(s), it should be understood that the various operations may beperformed in other orders than those which are illustrated, and/or maybe performed concurrently.

After a start operation implemented in the environment that includes aperson viewing content displayed by an electronic device using a userdirect-input device, the operational flow 400 includes an observationoperation 410. The observation operation detects a reaction by theperson to a displayed first content. The observation operation may beimplemented using the reaction detector circuit 210, and/or the responsesensing apparatus 206. An analytical operation 450 determines a contentattribute of the displayed first content. The analytical operation maybe implemented using the analytic circuit 250. A query operation 460facilitates a search for a second content based on the detected reactionby the observation operation and on the determined content attribute bythe investigation operation. The query operation may be implementedusing the query circuit 260. A broadcast operation 480 displays thesecond content in a manner perceivable by the person. The broadcastoperation may be implemented using the display circuit 280. Theoperational flow 400 then proceeds to an end operation.

In an embodiment, the observation operation 410 may be implemented usingthe reaction detector circuit 210 of FIG. 3. For example, opticallybased observation data of the person 205 may be acquired by the sensor206A, and/or sensor 206B. Physiological based data of the person may beacquired by the wearable/mountable sensor 206C. A circuit in theresponse sensing apparatus 206 may transform data acquired by thesensors 206A-206C into data indicative of a response by the person tothe displayed first content. For example, a response may include atleast one of a change in breathing rate, a change in heart rate, eyemovements, facial movements, gaze direction and/or time, or a brain wavepattern. Another circuit in the response sensing circuit may detect areaction by the person to a displayed first content based on the dataindicative of a response by the person to the displayed first content.For example, a facial response that includes the person moving the endsof their lips above the center portion of the lips may be detected as a“smile” reaction or a “positive” reaction. A facial response thatincludes the person moving the ends of the lips below the center portionof the lips may be detected as a “frown” reaction or a “negative”reaction. The observation operation does not include data directlyinputted by the person 205 using the user direct-input device 208, suchas keyboard, mouse, and voice commands entered by the user through theuser direct-input device. However, in an alternative embodiment, theobservation operation may include at least one of a quality, or a mannerof the person's input of data using the direct-input device. Forexample, the observation operation may acquire data indicative of theperson shouting a voice command without regard to a nature of the voicecommand, or the person striking keys of the keyboard particularly hardwithout regard to the keyed command or text. In a further embodiment,the observation operation may acquire sensor data indicative of theperson shouting a voice command and associate a reaction with the natureof the voice command. For example, data indicative of a loud voiceresponse may be associated with a spoken command “Delete this Web page”as a negative reaction to the content of the Web page.

In an embodiment, data indicative of a response may include dataindicative of at least one of a person's gaze, attention, gaze dwelltime, facial movements, eye movements, pupil dilation, physiologicalparameters (heart rate, respiration rate, etc.), stance,sub-vocalization (and other non-word audio), P-300 response, brainwaves, brain patterns, or other detectable aspects. In anotherembodiment, data indicative of a response may include data indicative ofat least one of a person's physiological, behavioral, emotional,voluntary, or involuntary response. In a further embodiment, dataindicative of a response may include data acquired by functionalnear-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) indicative of a response. FNIRS datamay be acquired by a FNIRS device, an embodiment of which is illustratedas the wearable/mountable sensor 206C.

In another embodiment, the observation operation 410 detects a reactionby the person to a displayed first content by applying patternrecognition to the data indicative of a response by the person to thedisplayed first content. For example, a reaction may include a responsethat reveals the person 205's feelings or attitude toward the displayedfirst content. In a further embodiment, the observation operationdetects a reaction by the person to a displayed first content byapplying pattern matching to the data indicative of a response by theperson to the displayed first content.

In use, an embodiment of the operational flow 400 may illustrated byreference to FIG. 3. For example, a first content may be displayed tothe person 205 on a portion of the display surface 209, such as a screenof BlackBerry® or other PDA electronic device. In this example, thedisplayed first content may be a picture of a new car from a brother ofthe person 205. Data indicative of a response by the person 205 to thedisplayed new car is acquired using at least one of sensors 206A-206C.The observation operation 410 determines a reaction by the person to thedisplayed new car based on the data indicative of a response. If, forexample, the data indicates an upward movement of the ends of theperson's lips and an opening of their eyes, a positive reaction may bedetected. The analytical operation 450 determines a content attribute ofthe displayed picture of the brother's new car. A content attribute mayinclude at least one of a manufacturer of the new car, a color of thenew car, or a body style of the new car, such as a convertible, coupe,four-door, or SUV. The query operation 460 facilitates a search for asecond content based on the detected reaction (positive) and on thedetermined content attribute (convertible sports car). The search may befacilitated by communicating with an Internet based search service, suchas Google, Yahoo, and/or Live Search. The broadcast operation 480displays a second content in a manner perceivable by the person byreceiving a result of the facilitated search that includes an indicationof the second content, and displaying the second content using thedisplay surface 209. For example, the second content may include apicture of next year's model of the same car as the brother's new car.

FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the operational flow 400of FIG. 4. The operational flow may include an additional operation 490.The additional operation may include at least one of an operation 492,an operation 494, an operation 496, or an operation 498. The operation492 displays the first content in a manner perceivable by the person.The operation 492 may include at least one additional operation, such asthe operation 494. The operation 494 displays the first content in amanner perceivable by the person and in a manner designed to facilitatea detectable reaction from the person. The operation 496 selects thesecond content from a result of the facilitated search. In anembodiment, the second content may be selected in response to analgorithm that includes a machine learning aspect. In an alternativeembodiment, the selection algorithm may include a pattern recognitionalgorithm. The operation 498 maintains informational data correspondingto the second content. The operation 490 may be implemented using atleast one circuit of the additional circuits 290 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow 400 of FIG. 4. The observation operation 410 may include at leastone additional operation. The at least one additional operation mayinclude an operation 412, an operation 414, an operation 416, anoperation 418, an operation 422, an operation 424, an operation 426, oran operation 428. The operation 412 includes at least one of sensing,identifying, or recognizing a reaction by the person to a displayedfirst content. The operation 412 may be implemented using the reactioncircuit 212 of FIG. 3. The operation 414 includes detecting at least oneof a positive or negative reaction by the person to a displayed firstcontent. The operation 414 may be implemented using the reactionevaluation circuit 214. The operation 416 includes sensing a gaze by theperson at a displayed first content and detecting a reaction by theperson to the displayed first content. The operation 416 may beimplemented using the gaze reaction circuit 216. The operation 418includes detecting a response by the person to a displayed firstcontent. The operation 418 may be implemented using the response sensorcircuit 218. The operation 422 includes detecting a physical reaction bythe person to a displayed first content. The operation 422 may beimplemented using the physical reaction circuit 222. The operation 424includes detecting an emotional reaction by the person to a displayedfirst content. The operation 424 may be implemented using the emotionalreaction circuit 224. The operation 426 includes directly detecting fromthe person a response of the person to a displayed first content. Theoperation 426 may be implemented using the direct sensor circuit 226.The operation 428 includes detecting a reaction state of the person to adisplayed first content. The operation 428 may be implemented using thereaction state sensor circuit 228.

FIG. 7 illustrates a further alternative embodiment of the operationalflow 400 of FIG. 4. The observation operation 410 may include at leastone additional operation. The at least one additional operation mayinclude an operation 432, an operation 434, an operation 436, anoperation 438, or an operation 442. The operation 432 includes detectinga reaction by the person to a displayed first content. The displayedfirst content includes at least one of a displayed search result,Internet search results, such as from a search provider such as Google,Yahoo, or Live Search. Alternatively, the displayed first content mayinclude sports scores, or news. For example, the displayed searchresults may include a displayed result of a restaurant search, a moviesearch, or car repair shops. In further alternative, the displayed firstcontent may include a program list, a music list, a file lists, ordirectory search result of locally stored files. The operation 434includes detecting a reaction by the person to a displayed firstcontent. The displayed first content includes at least one of adisplayed image, avatar, icon, name, title, descriptor, or broadcastedsound. For example, a title may include a song title, a book title, or amovie title. The operation 436 includes detecting a reaction by theperson to a displayed first content. The displayed first contentincludes at least one of a visual-based, image-based, text-based, orsound-based content. The operations 432, 434, and/or 436 may beimplemented using the content characteristic circuit 232.

The operation 438 includes detecting a reaction by the person to adisplayed first content. The displayed first content includes a contentdisplayed on a surface coupled with a computing device, such as abuilt-in screen of the computing device or a screen physically coupledwith computing device, or displayed on a surface separate from thecomputing device, such as projected onto a separate screen or a wallsurface. The operation 442 includes detecting a reaction by the personto a displayed first content. The displayed first content includes acontent displayed by at least one of a mobile communications device,handheld communications device, desktop computing device, limitedresources computing device, thin computing device, or portable computingdevice. The operations 438 and/or 442 may be implemented using thedevice type detector circuit.

FIG. 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the operational flow 400of FIG. 4. The analytical operation 450 may include at least oneadditional operation. The at least one additional operation may includean operation 452, or an operation 454. The operation 452 includesdetermining at least two content attributes of the displayed firstcontent. The operation 452 may be implemented using the multipleattribute determining circuit 252. The operation 454 includesdetermining a content attribute of the displayed first content. Thedetermined content attribute may include at least one of a category,tag, subject, color, texture, or theme attribute of the displayed firstcontent. For example, a theme attribute may include a sunset, famousathlete, convict, dog, cat, horse, car, airplane, flower, people,inventor, or entertainer attribute. The operation 454 may be implementedusing the attribute determining circuit 254.

FIG. 9 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow 400 of FIG. 4. The query operation 460 may include at least oneadditional operation. The at least one additional operation may includean operation 462, an operation 464, an operation 466, an operation 468,an operation 472, or an operation 474. The operation 462 includessearching a local data store for a second content based on the detectedreaction and on the determined content attribute. In an embodiment, thelocal data store may include a hard drive having at least one of storedmusic, or stored video files. The operation 462 may be implemented usingthe local data store search circuit 262. The operation 464 includesfacilitating a search by a search engine for a second content based onthe detected reaction and on the determined content attribute. Theoperation 464 may be implemented using the search engine facilitatingcircuit 264. The operation 466 includes facilitating a search by a Websearch engine for a second content based on the detected reaction and onthe determined content attribute. For example, a Web search engineprovides the person 205 with tools to search through Web sites, images,videos, news, and a number of other categories. In an embodiment, a Websearch engine includes at least one of Google, Yahoo, or Live Search.The operation 466 may be implemented using the Web search facilitatingcircuit 266. The operation 468 includes facilitating a search for asecond content by a search algorithm responsive to the detected reactionand on the determined content attribute. The operation 468 may beimplemented using the algorithm search facilitating circuit 268. Theoperation 472 includes facilitating a search for at least two instancesof a second content based on the detected reaction and on the determinedcontent attribute. The operation 472 may be implemented using themultiple target search facilitating circuit 272. The operation 474includes facilitating a search for a second content based on at leastone of a positive correlation, or a negative correlation between thedetected reaction and on the determined content attribute. For example,the search may be facilitated based upon a detected positive reaction bythe person and on the determined content attribute to locate a secondcontent that is more of the same as the first content. In anotherexample, the search may be facilitated based upon a detected negativereaction by the person and on the determined content attribute to locatea second content that is different from the first content.

FIG. 10 illustrates an example environment 500. The environment includesan electronic device 501 that is coupleable to a network 299, and whichmay be used by a person 205. The electronic device may be coupled to thenetwork via a wired link, illustrated as a cable link, and/or a wirelesslink illustrated as a satellite link. The electronic device includes theuser direct-input device 208, the display surface 209, a response sensorapparatus 520, an analytic circuit 530, a characterization circuit 540,a query circuit 550, and a chooser circuit 560. In an alternativeembodiment, the electronic device includes at least one of a portableelectronic device, or a mobile electronic device.

The display surface 209 includes a display surface operable to displayelectronic content in a manner perceivable by a person. In anembodiment, the electronic content includes electronically storedinformation. In another embodiment, electronically stored content mayinclude electronically stored content as described in Federal Rule ofCivil Procedure 26(f). In a further embodiment, electronic content mayinclude at least one of electronically stored text, Web content,picture, image, or streaming image. The response sensor apparatus 520includes the sensor 206A, the sensor 206B, the wearable/mountable sensor206C, and a sensor data acquisition module 524. The response sensorapparatus includes a sensor apparatus operable to acquire dataindicative of a response by the person 205 to a first electronic contentdisplayed on the surface 209.

The analytic circuit 530 includes an analytic circuit operable determinean indication of an expression by the person corresponding with thedisplayed first electronic content, the determination based on the dataindicative of a response. In an embodiment, the expression by the personmay include at least one of an expression by the person of interest,disinterest, like, dislike, happiness, or anger. The characterizationcircuit 540 includes a characterization circuit operable to determine anattribute of the displayed first electronic content. The query circuit550 includes a query circuit operable to cause a search for a secondelectronic content corresponding to the indication of expression and tothe attribute of the first electronic content. The chooser circuit 560includes a chooser circuit operable to select the second electroniccontent from a result of the search.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device 501 may include adigital storage device 590 operable to save the selected secondelectronic content. In another embodiment, the electronic device mayinclude a broadcast circuit 575 operable to facilitate a display atleast the first electronic content and the selected second electroniccontent. In a further embodiment, the electronic device may include areceiver circuit, illustrated as a transceiver circuit 580, operable toreceive a result of the initiated search.

In an alternative embodiment, the display surface 209 may include adisplay surface operable to display electronic content in a mannerperceivable by a person 205 and in a manner designed to facilitatesensing a response by the person. In another embodiment, the responsesensor apparatus 520 may include a sensor apparatus operable to acquiredata indicative of a physically manifested response by the person to afirst electronic content displayed on the surface. In a furtherembodiment, the analytic circuit 530 may include an analytic circuitoperable determine an indication of an emotional expression by theperson corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, thedetermination based on the data indicative of a response.

FIG. 11 illustrates an example computer program product 600. Thecomputer program product includes a computer-readable storage medium 610bearing program instructions 620. The program instructions are operableto perform a process in a computing device. The process includes detecta reaction by a person to a displayed first content. The process alsoincludes determine a content attribute of the displayed first content.The process further includes facilitate a search for a second contentbased on the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute.The process also includes select the second content from a result of thefacilitated search, and save data indicative of the selected secondcontent. In an alternative embodiment 622, the process may includefacilitating a display of the selected second content.

FIG. 12 illustrates an example environment 700 that includes anelectronic device 705. The electronic device includes means 710 fordetecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content. Theelectronic device also includes means 720 for determining a contentattribute of the displayed first content. The electronic device furtherincludes means 730 for facilitating a search for a second content basedon the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute. Theelectronic device includes means 740 for displaying the second contentin a manner perceivable by the person.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example operational flow 800 implemented in anenvironment that includes a person viewing content displayed by anelectronic device. In an alternative embodiment, the operational flow is800 implemented in an environment that includes a person viewing contentdisplayed by an electronic device and directly interacting with theelectronic device via a user interface. After a start operation, adiscovery operation 810 includes detecting a reaction by the person to adisplayed first content. In an embodiment, the detected reactionincludes at least one of a detected gesture, movement, physiological, orphysical reaction. A call operation 820 includes transmitting a searchrequest for a second content corresponding to the detected reaction andto an attribute of the displayed first content. A reception operation830 includes receiving a response to the search request that includes atleast an indication of the second content. A broadcast operation 840includes displaying the second content. The operational flow theproceeds to an end operation.

In an alternative embodiment, the operational flow may include at leastone additional operation 850. The at least one additional operation mayinclude an operation 852, and/or an operation 854. The operation 852includes determining a content attribute of the displayed first content.The operational flow 854 includes selecting the second content from theresponse to the search request.

Returning to FIG. 10, an alternative embodiment of the exampleenvironment 500 includes the electronic device 501 coupleable to anetwork 299. The display surface 209 includes a display surface operableto display electronic content in a manner perceivable by the person 205.The response sensor apparatus 520 includes a sensor apparatus operableto acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a firstelectronic content displayed on the surface. The analytic circuit 530includes an analytic circuit operable to detect a reaction by a personto a displayed first content in response to the acquired data. The querycircuit 550 includes a query circuit operable to transmit a searchrequest for a second electronic content that corresponds to the detectedreaction and to an attribute of the displayed first content. Forexample, the search request may be addressed to the server 298 andtransmitted over the network 299. The transceiver circuit 580 includes areceiver circuit operable to receive a response to the search requestthat includes at least an indication of the second content.

In another alternative embodiment, the chooser circuit 560 may include achooser circuit operable to select the second electronic content fromthe received response to the search request. In a further embodiment,the broadcast circuit 575 may include a broadcast circuit operable tofacilitate a display of the first electronic content and the secondelectronic content. In another embodiment, the transceiver circuit 580may include a receiver circuit operable to receive a result of theinitiated search. In a further embodiment, the digital storage device590 may include a digital storage device operable to save the receivedresponse to the search request. In another embodiment, the displaysurface 209 may include a display surface operable to display electroniccontent in a manner perceivable by the person and in a manner designedto facilitate sensing a response by the person. In a further embodiment,the sensor apparatus 520 may include a sensor apparatus operable toacquire data indicative of a physically manifested response by theperson to a first electronic content displayed on the surface.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example computer program product 860. Thecomputer program product includes a computer-readable computer storagemedium 862 bearing program instructions 864. The program instructionsare operable to perform a process in a computing device. The processincludes detect a reaction by a person to a displayed first content. Theprocess also includes transmit a search request for a second contentcorresponding to the detected reaction and to an attribute of thedisplayed first content. The process further includes receive a responseto the search request that includes at least an indication of the secondcontent. The process also includes save data indicative of the receivedresponse to the search request. The process further includes display thesecond content. In an alternative embodiment, the process may includeselect the second content from the received response to the searchrequest 866.

FIG. 15 illustrates an example environment 900 in which embodiments maybe implemented. The example environment includes an electronic device904 that includes a request receiver circuit 910, an analytic circuit950, a search facilitation circuit 960, and a reply transmission circuit980. In some embodiments, one or more of the request receiver circuit,the analytic circuit, the search facilitation circuit, and the replytransmission circuit may be structurally distinct from the remainingcircuits or the electronic device. The electronic device 904 may includea wired or wireless access to a requestor electronic device 901 via thenetwork 299 using the communications circuit 970. In an alternativeembodiment, the electronic device may be coupled to the network via awireless link, a satellite link, and/or a wired link. In an embodiment,the electronic device or a portion of the electronic device may beimplemented in whole or in part using the thin computing device 20described in conjunction with FIG. 1, and/or the computing device 110described in conjunction with FIG. 2. In another embodiment, theelectronic device or a portion of the electronic device may beimplemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors(DSPs), or other integrated formats. In a further embodiment, one ormore of the circuits and/or the machine may be implemented in hardware,software, and/or firmware.

The electronic device 904 may include at least one additional circuit.The at least one additional circuit may include additional circuit(s)995. In addition, the electronic device may include a processor 972,such as the processing unit 21 described in conjunction with FIG. 1,and/or the processor 120 described in conjunction with FIG. 2. Infurther addition, the electronic device may include a digital storagemedia 920, a communications circuit 970, and/or a broadcast circuit 975.In an embodiment, the electronic device 904 may include a network serverelectronic device, or a group of network server electronic devices.

In an embodiment, the request receiver circuit 910 may include at leastone additional circuit. The at least one additional circuit may includeat least one of a sensor data receiving circuit 912, and/or a contentdata receiving circuit 914. In another embodiment, the analytic circuit950 may include at least one additional circuit, such as an expressionindication analytic circuit 952.

FIG. 16 illustrates an example operational flow 1000. FIG. 16 andseveral following figures may include various examples of operationalflows, discussions, and explanations with respect to the above-describedenvironment 900 of FIG. 15, and/or with respect to other examples andcontexts. However, it should be understood that the operational flowsmay be executed in a number of other environments and contexts, and/orin modified versions of FIG. 15. Also, although the various operationalflows are illustrated in a sequence(s), it should be understood that thevarious operations may be performed in other orders than those which areillustrated, and/or may be performed concurrently.

After a start operation, the operational flow 1000 includes a receptionoperation 1010. The reception operation includes receiving, from arequestor, sensor data indicative of a response by a person to a firstcontent displayed to the person. In an alternative embodiment, thereception operation includes receiving the sensor data from a requestorvia at least one of a network, or the Internet. The reception operationmay be implemented using the request circuit 910 of FIG. 15. An analysisoperation 1050 includes analyzing the received sensor data for anindication of an expression by the person corresponding to the firstcontent. The analysis operation may be implemented using the analyticcircuit 950. A query operation 1060 includes facilitating a search for asecond content using a search parameter corresponding to the indicationof an expression by the person and to a content attribute of thedisplayed first content. In an alternative embodiment, the search mayinclude at least one of a search of a local data store, a search by asearch engine, or a search by a Web search engine. The query operationmay be implemented using the search circuit 960. A reply operation 1080includes returning to the requestor an indication of the second content.The indication of the second content may be returned to the requestervia at least one of a network, or the Internet. The reply operation maybe implemented using the reply transmission circuit 980. The operationalflow 400 includes an end operation.

In an alternative embodiment, the operational flow 1000 may include atleast one additional operation, such as an operation 1090. The operation1090 includes determining a content attribute of the displayed firstcontent. The operation 1090 may be implemented using the attributedetermining circuit 990.

FIG. 17 illustrates another alternative embodiment of the operationalflow 1000 of FIG. 16. The reception operation 1010 may include at leastone additional operation. The at least one additional operation mayinclude an operation 1012, or an operation 1014. The operation 1012includes receiving from a requestor at least one of raw sensor data,partially processed sensor data, or processed sensor data indicative ofa response by the person to a first content displayed to the person. Theoperation 1012 may be implemented using the sensor data receivingcircuit 912. The operation 1014 includes receiving data indicative of acontent attribute of the displayed first content. The operation 1014 maybe implemented using content data receiving circuit 914.

The analysis operation 1050 may include at least one additionaloperation, such as an operation 1052. The operation 1052 includesanalyzing the received sensor data for an indication of an expression ofat least one of interest, disinterest, like, dislike, excitement,boredom, happy, or anger by the person corresponding to the firstcontent. The operation 1052 may be implemented using the expressionindication analytic circuit 952.

FIG. 18 illustrates an example system 1100. The example system includesan electronic device 1104 operable to exchange communications with arequestor device 1101 using the network 299, via for example, a wirelesslink, a satellite link, and/or a wired link. The electronic deviceincludes a processing circuit 1120, a query circuit 1130, a choosercircuit 1140, and a digital storage device 1150. In an embodiment, theelectronic device or a portion of the electronic device may beimplemented in whole or in part using the thin computing device 20described in conjunction with FIG. 1, and/or the computing device 110described in conjunction with FIG. 2. In another embodiment, theelectronic device or a portion of the electronic device may beimplemented using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors(DSPs), or other integrated formats. In a further embodiment, one ormore of the circuits and/or the machinery of the electronic device maybe implemented in hardware, software, and/or firmware.

The processing circuit 1120 includes a processing circuit operable toanalyze received sensor data for an indication of an expression by aperson corresponding to a first displayed electronic content. Forexample, the received sensor data may include sensor data acquired bythe response sensing apparatus 206 described in conjunction with FIG. 3.The query circuit 1130 includes a query circuit operable to cause asearch for a second electronic content based on the indication ofexpression and on an attribute of the displayed first electroniccontent. In an alternative embodiment, the query circuit may include aquery circuit operable to cause a search of an index for a secondelectronic content based on the indication of expression and on anattribute of the displayed first electronic content. In an embodiment,the search for a second electronic content may include a search of anindex 1154 saved on the digital storage device. In another embodiment,the search for a second electronic content may include a search of atleast one of a Web database, Web index, directory index, file index,content of a directory, or content of a file.

The chooser circuit 1140 includes a chooser circuit operable to selectthe second electronic content from a result of the search for a secondelectronic content. The digital storage device 1150 includes a storagedevice operable to save an indication of the selected second electroniccontent. For example, the indication of the selected second electroniccontent may be saved in a storage media 1152.

In an alternative embodiment, the electronic device 1104 may include acharacterization circuit 1160 operable to determine the attribute of thedisplayed first electronic content. In another embodiment, theelectronic device may include a transmitter circuit 1170 operable tosend an indication of the selected second electronic content addressedto the requestor. In a further embodiment, the electronic device mayinclude a receiver circuit 1110 operable to receive from a requestersensor data acquired from a person and indicative of a response by theperson to a display of a first electronic content. The receiver circuitmay further include a receiver circuit operable to receive from arequestor sensor data acquired from the person and indicative of aresponse by the person to a display of a first electronic content, andto receive data that is indicative of the displayed first electroniccontent.

FIG. 19 illustrates an example computer program product. The computerprogram product includes a computer-readable medium 1210 bearing theprogram instructions. The computer program product also includes programinstructions 1220 operable to perform a process in a computing device.The process includes receive sensor data from a requestor indicative ofa response by a person to a viewed first content. The process alsoincludes analyze the received sensor data for an indication of anexpression by the person corresponding to the viewed first content. Theprocess further includes facilitate a search of an index for a secondcontent using a search parameter corresponding to the indicatedexpression and to a content attribute of the viewed first content. Theprocess also includes return to the requester an indication of thesecond content.

In an alternative embodiment, the process further includes select thesecond content from a result of the search for a second content 1222. Inanother embodiment, the process further includes save data indicative ofthe selected second content 1224. In another embodiment, thecomputer-readable medium includes a computer storage medium.

FIG. 20 illustrates an example system 1300 that includes an electronicdevice 1305. The electronic device includes means 1310 for receivingdata from a requestor indicative of a sensed response by a person to afirst content displayed to the person. The electronic device alsoincludes means 1320 for analyzing the received data for an indication ofan expression by the person corresponding to the first content. Theelectronic device further includes means 1330 for facilitating a searchfor a second content using a search parameter corresponding to theindication of an expression by the person and to a content attribute ofthe displayed first content. The electronic device also includes means1340 for returning to the requestor an indication of the second content.In alternative embodiments, the electronic device may include means 1350for receiving an indication of a content attribute of the displayedfirst content. The electronic device may include means 1360 fordetermining a content attribute of the displayed first content

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofthe systems, apparatus, devices, computer program products, and/orprocesses using block diagrams, flow diagrams, operation diagrams,flowcharts, illustrations, and/or examples. A particular block diagram,operation diagram, flowchart, illustration, environment, and/or exampleshould not be interpreted as having any dependency or requirementrelating to any one or combination of components illustrated therein.For example, in certain instances, one or more elements of anenvironment may be deemed not necessary and omitted. In other instances,one or more other elements may be deemed necessary and added.

Insofar as such block diagrams, operation diagrams, flowcharts,illustrations, and/or examples contain one or more functions and/oroperations, it will be understood that each function and/or operationwithin such block diagrams, operation diagrams, flowcharts,illustrations, or examples can be implemented, individually and/orcollectively, by a wide range of hardware, software, firmware, orvirtually any combination thereof unless otherwise indicated. In anembodiment, several portions of the subject matter described herein maybe implemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors(DSPs), or other integrated formats. However, those skilled in the artwill recognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosed herein, inwhole or in part, can be equivalently implemented in circuits, as one ormore computer programs running on one or more computers (e.g., as one ormore programs running on one or more computer systems), as one or moreprograms running on one or more processors (e.g., as one or moreprograms running on one or more microprocessors), as firmware, or asvirtually any combination thereof, and that designing the circuitryand/or writing the code for the software and or firmware would be wellwithin the skill of one of skill in the art in light of this disclosure.In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that themechanisms of the subject matter described herein are capable of beingdistributed as a program product in a variety of forms, and that anillustrative embodiment of the subject matter described herein appliesregardless of the particular type of signal bearing medium used toactually carry out the distribution. Examples of a signal bearing mediuminclude, but are not limited to, the following: a recordable type mediumsuch as a floppy disk, a hard disk drive, a Compact Disc (CD), a DigitalVideo Disk (DVD), a digital tape, a computer memory, etc.; and atransmission type medium such as a digital and/or an analogcommunication medium (e.g., a fiber optic cable, a waveguide, a wiredcommunications link, a wireless communication link, etc.).

Those having skill in the art will recognize that the state of the arthas progressed to the point where there is little distinction leftbetween hardware and software implementations of aspects of systems; theuse of hardware or software is generally (but not always, in that incertain contexts the choice between hardware and software can becomesignificant) a design choice representing cost vs. efficiency tradeoffs.Those having skill in the art will appreciate that there are variousvehicles by which processes and/or systems and/or other technologiesdescribed herein can be effected (e.g., hardware, software, and/orfirmware), and that the preferred vehicle will vary with the context inwhich the processes and/or systems and/or other technologies aredeployed. For example, if an implementer determines that speed andaccuracy are paramount, the implementer may opt for a mainly hardwareand/or firmware vehicle; alternatively, if flexibility is paramount, theimplementer may opt for a mainly software implementation; or, yet againalternatively, the implementer may opt for some combination of hardware,software, and/or firmware. Hence, there are several possible vehicles bywhich the processes and/or devices and/or other technologies describedherein may be effected, none of which is inherently superior to theother in that any vehicle to be utilized is a choice dependent upon thecontext in which the vehicle will be deployed and the specific concerns(e.g., speed, flexibility, or predictability) of the implementer, any ofwhich may vary. Those skilled in the art will recognize that opticalaspects of implementations will typically employ optically-orientedhardware, software, and or firmware. Those skilled in the art willrecognize that optical aspects of implementations will typically employoptically-oriented hardware, software, and or firmware.

In a general sense, those skilled in the art will recognize that thevarious aspects described herein which can be implemented, individuallyand/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software, firmware, orany combination thereof can be viewed as being composed of various typesof “electrical circuitry.” Consequently, as used herein “electricalcircuitry” includes, but is not limited to, electrical circuitry havingat least one discrete electrical circuit, electrical circuitry having atleast one integrated circuit, electrical circuitry having at least oneapplication specific integrated circuit, electrical circuitry forming ageneral purpose computing device configured by a computer program (e.g.,a general purpose computer configured by a computer program which atleast partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein,or a microprocessor configured by a computer program which at leastpartially carries out processes and/or devices described herein),electrical circuitry forming a memory device (e.g., forms of randomaccess memory), and/or electrical circuitry forming a communicationsdevice (e.g., a modem, communications switch, or optical-electricalequipment). Those having skill in the art will recognize that thesubject matter described herein may be implemented in an analog ordigital fashion or some combination thereof.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, termsused herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of theappended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term“including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” theterm “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term“includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,”etc.).

It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specificnumber of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intentwill be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of suchrecitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid tounderstanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of theintroductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claimrecitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed toimply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinitearticles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing suchintroduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one suchrecitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases“one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or“an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “atleast one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use ofdefinite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, evenif a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitlyrecited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitationshould typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number(e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without othermodifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or morerecitations).

Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “atleast one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a constructionis intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understandthe convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C”would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone,C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A,B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a conventionanalogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general sucha construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the artwould understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one ofA, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have Aalone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and Ctogether, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be furtherunderstood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive wordand/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in thedescription, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplatethe possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, orboth terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood toinclude the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

The herein described aspects depict different components containedwithin, or connected with, different other components. It is to beunderstood that such depicted architectures are merely exemplary, andthat in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achievethe same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement ofcomponents to achieve the same functionality is effectively “associated”such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any twocomponents herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can beseen as “associated with” each other such that the desired functionalityis achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components.Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being“operably connected,” or “operably coupled,” to each other to achievethe desired functionality. Any two components capable of being soassociated can also be viewed as being “operably couplable” to eachother to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples ofoperably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateableand/or physically interacting components and/or wirelessly interactableand/or wirelessly interacting components.

While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, otheraspects and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art.The various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein are for purposes ofillustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scopeand spirit being indicated by the following claims.

1. A system comprising: a display surface operable to display electroniccontent in a manner perceivable by a person; a sensor apparatus operableto acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a firstelectronic content displayed on the display surface; an analytic circuitoperable determine an indication of an expression by the personcorresponding with the displayed first electronic content, thedetermination based on the data indicative of a response; acharacterization circuit operable to determine an attribute of thedisplayed first electronic content; a query circuit operable to cause asearch for a second electronic content corresponding to the indicationof an expression and to the attribute of the first electronic content;and a chooser circuit operable to select the second electronic contentfrom a result of the search.
 2. The system of claim 1, furthercomprising: a digital storage device operable to save the selectedsecond electronic content.
 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:a broadcast circuit operable to facilitate a display of the firstelectronic content and the selected second electronic content.
 4. Thesystem of claim 1, further comprising: a receiver circuit operable toreceive a result of the initiated search.
 5. The system of claim 1,wherein the display surface operable to display electronic content in amanner perceivable by a person further includes: a display surfaceoperable to display electronic content in a manner perceivable by theperson and in a manner designed to facilitate sensing a response by theperson.
 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus operableto acquire data indicative of a response by the person to a firstelectronic content displayed on the surface further includes: a sensorapparatus operable to acquire data indicative of a physically manifestedresponse by the person to a first electronic content displayed on thesurface.
 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the analytic circuit operabledetermine an indication of an expression by the person correspondingwith the displayed first electronic content, the determination based onthe data indicative of a response further includes: an analytic circuitoperable determine an indication of an emotional expression by theperson corresponding with the displayed first electronic content, thedetermination based on the data indicative of a response.
 8. A computerprogram product comprising: (a) program instructions operable to performa process in a computing device, the process comprising: detect areaction by a person to a displayed first content; determine a contentattribute of the displayed first content; facilitate a search for asecond content based on the detected reaction and on the determinedcontent attribute; select the second content from a result of thefacilitated search; and save data indicative of the selected secondcontent; and (b) a computer-readable computer storage medium bearing theprogram instructions.
 9. The computer program product of claim 8,wherein the process further comprises facilitating a display of theselected second content.
 10. An electronic device comprising; means fordetecting a reaction by a person to a displayed first content; means fordetermining a content attribute of the displayed first content; meansfor facilitating a search for a second content based on the detectedreaction and on the determined content attribute; and means fordisplaying the second content in a manner perceivable by the person.